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Helping Venezuela: Miami Beach opens 4 new aid drop-off locations

Miami Beach Fire Rescue partners with Global Empowerment Mission

Venezuelan Police searches through the rubble two days after earthquake struck La Guaira, Venezuela, Friday, June 26, 2026. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos) (Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. All rights reserved) (Ariana Cubillos/AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

MIAMI — Miami Beach announced on Friday that starting on Monday morning, four fire stations will accept donations for the disaster zone in northern Venezuela.

Miami Beach Fire Rescue personnel will receive the donations until July 2 and deliver the boxes to the Global Empowerment Mission’s warehouse in Doral.

MBFR personnel will not be accepting clothing or linens. They will be accepting new tarps, tents, bottled water, flashlights, sleeping bags, batteries, large trash bags, work gloves, canned goods with expiration dates of a year or more, solar-powered lights, hygiene products, solar power banks, baby diapers, and first aid kits.

Here is the list of the locations that will be open from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. through July 2:

SOUTH BEACH: Fire Station 1 at 1051 Jefferson Ave.

BAYSHORE: Fire Station 2 at 2300 Pine Tree Drive

MID BEACH: Fire Station 3 at 5303 Collins Ave.

NORTH BEACH: Fire Station 4 at 6880 Indian Creek Drive

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Andrea Torres

Andrea Torres

The Emmy Award-winning journalist joined the Local 10 News team in 2013. She wrote for the Miami Herald for more than 9 years and won a Green Eyeshade Award.

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